BARMM signs agreement with LTO-IT proponent Stradcom

THE Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MoTC), one of the ministries in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with Filipino information technology (IT) firm Stradcom Corp. for the organization and automation of land transportation systems in the Muslim region.

Stradcom is the Land Transportation Office’s (LTO) long-time IT partner and the proponent of the multibillion peso LTO-IT project, which automated the core processes of the agency.

The signing event held at the Bulwagang Edu of the LTO on November 26 was attended by MoTC Minister Dickson Hermoso, LTO chief Assistant Secretary Edgar Galvante, Stradcom President and CEO Anthony Quiambao, BARMM-LTO (BLTO) Regional Director Anwar Upham, and Stradcom

Senior Vice President and COO George Tan.

During his speech, Quiambao said that Stradcom is honored to be the service provider of BARMM for its land transport automation initiatives. He added that this “historic project” is the company’s first partnership outside the national government, after continuously serving LTO for almost two decades.

“We have always seen the Mindanao region as a place where law and order would be a challenge. But we are here today to help promote and participate in the progress of the Bangsamoro region,” Quiambao said.

Under the MoA, Stradcom will extend the use of the LTO-IT project to MoTC-BLTO within the BARMM region while awaiting its automation operation.

Through this partnership, core processes such as driver’s license registration and renewal, and motor vehicle registration will be automated and connected to LTO’s central database.

This process ensures the validity of licenses and other documents issued by BLTO.